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\ C. H. PELTON;

CAB COUPLING.

(No Model.)

Patnted Jan. 2,1883.

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

CHARLES H. .PELTON, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO JOHN A. WHEELER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIF I ECA TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,956, dated January 2, 1883.

' Application filed July 8,1882. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, OnAaLEs H. PELTON, of the city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented 5 ccrtainnew and useful Improvements in (Jar- Oouplers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that class of carcouplers which couple the cars automatically,

re and may be uncoupled by a person without the necessity of stepping between the cars; and the object of my invention is to construct a safe and economical car-coupler, which will do away with the coupling-pin, and which may 1 be operated from the sideor top of the car. This object I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a zo'draw-bar. and bumper to which my invention is applied, through the'lineacac of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a top View of a draw-bar and bumper with the upper part of the draw-bar and bumper removed, in order to show the coupling proper 2 in perspective; and Fig. 3 is a front view of a bumper to which my invention is applied, with a portion of the link cut off so as not to obstruct the view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is an eccentric, provided with the shoulders'blnone on either side, and turns freely on the large bolt D D, which bolt is supported in the draw bar inany suitable manner.

B is a lever and weight, having H for its fulcrum. It is connected by means of the link 0 to the back end of the eccentric A in such a manner that the weight of lever B holds the eccentric in coupling position, as 40 shown in Fig. l,"at all times except when the car is beingcouplcd or uncoupled. The trout end of the eccentric is beveled to an edge, as is shown by'c, so thatwhen the link is brought in contact with it it will pass on one side or the .5 other and strike one of the shoulders I) I). F F.

are links in the position they occupy when the cars are coupled.

E E are lugs or projections onthe drawhead, oneion eitherjside, designed to hold the link when the caris coupled, and G is a place for attaching a lever to be used in uncoupling the cars.- When the lever is raised for uncoupling of the car, the parts A, b b, O, and B occupy the positions shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The eccentric A being provided with the two shoulders]; I), the car is coupled equally well whether the link passes above or below thet'ulcrum l).

The operation of my invention is as follows: Let the lever B be attached by the link 0 to the eccentricA, so as to hold itin the position shown in Fig. 1. Then bring the link F in contact with the edge a of the eccentric, and it will pass or slide by and strike against shoulder b, drive it b.=ck until the link Fdrops into the recess back of lug E, when the shoulder bis relieved from the pressure, and the eccentric A, balanced by lever B, again assumes the position shown in Fi 1, thus coup ling the car. it makes no difference whether so the link passes above or belowthe fulcrum of the eccentric in couplin When the'car is coupled the link is held firmly in place, and cannot be removed without raising lever B. The car is uncoupled by raisingleverB,which turns the shoulder I) back, which allows the link to readily escape from the recess back of logs E E.

The link F can be heldin a horizontal position, or otherwise, by crowding it. back into the space between the eccentric and the drawbar-that is, by crowding back farther than it is in its natural coupling position, when the eccentric pressing upon it will be held there by the weight of the lever B, so that the link 85 will be in proper position to couple with the coupling device inanother car.

Having thus described 'my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- k o The eccentric A, turning on bolt D, and provided with the shoulders I) b and beveled point a, in. combination with the draw-bar having lugs E E, the connecting-link O, and leverB, provided with the fulcrum H, all constructed 5 and arranged substantially as described.

- 0. El. PELTON. Witnesses:

KITTIE A. GREEN, LourszLouc. 

